Garment hanger



NOV. 11, 1952 V, H, PECHTEL 2,617,568

GARMENT HANGER Filed Ooi. 5, 1947 IN VEN TOR. V/c Taf Ffa/75L BY v A TTO/Q/VEYS Patented Nov. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,617,568 GARMENT HANGER Victor H. Pechtel, Farmingdale, N. Y.

Application October 3, 1947, Serial No. 777,732

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates tol garment hangers, and especially to a hanger adapted for holding trousers, skirts, or similar articles.

It is desirable in garment hangers of the type involved herein to provide a construction Wherein the garments can be hung with ease and will keep the upper portions of the garments suitably stretched. The hanger should present a pleasing appearance and should not have any projections thereon which might catch or tear the garment. The clips used to grasp the garment should be arranged so that they can be operated easily and can be assembled with facility.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simplified, strong hanger arrangement which can be economically manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved clip construction for a garment hanger.

In one aspect of the invention a central rod or tube member is provided and tubes slidable relative thereto mounted on each end thereof, each slidable tube having a garment clip thereon and a-spring to hold the lslidable tubes and clips normally in extended position relative to each other and the central rod.

The clips preferably each have two members formed from pieces of flat metal with an arcuate bearing surface on each. Said arcuate surface is formed to the shape of the tube upon which the clip is mounted. Each member of the clip has a hole therethrough and a spring holding depression struck from the metal. A split circular spring is threaded through each hole and each end of the spring rests in one of said depressions when the clip members are in assembled position on one of the tubes thus serving to hold the clip members in place relative to each other. In the rpreferred form of the invention, one member of each clip arrangement is pinned to its respective slidable tube and the other member held in position relative thereto by the aforementioned spring.

The particular slidable clip organization just mentioned also can be assembled on a tubular or rod member and made slidable relative thereto.

Other objects, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and drawings which are merely exemplary.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation view of one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the slidable tubes and clips of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the construction of the central rod member;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged exploded view of the clip;

Fig. 6 is a modied form of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of a modified clip member.

In a preferred form of the invention, the various parts can be made of aluminum or other similar material, although it is to be understood that any desired material can be used. Central rod IU has a clamp II thereon to which can be fastened hook I2. Tubular end members I3 are arranged and selected so that the interior bore thereof is of the correct size relative to the rod I0 so that the tubes will slide with ease upon said central rod I0. Plugs I4 (Fig. 2) having enlarged end portions I5 can be inserted into the ends of the tubes I3.

Each clip I6 comprises two members I'I and I8, said members preferably being made from flat material and shaped to the desired form such as by stamping. The arcuate portion I9 of each member is made of a proper radius to nt the curvature of tube I3. Holes 20 are provided in each clip member and struck-in depressions 2I are formed in each member for the purpose of holding the ends of spring 23 in place when the parts are assembled. The gripping ends 22' (Fig. '7) of the clip member, if desired, may be bent slightly so that when two clipping members are in an assembled position, gripping of the garment thereby Will be facilitated as will also the entrance of a clip member into a cuff thereof. A roughened portion 22 may be formed on the garment grasping end of each member to assist in gripping the fabric. A split circular spring 23 is provided to hold the grasping end of clip members yieldably together in gripping relationship and also to hold the clip assembly in place on its tube. In the form of the invention seen in Fig. l, one of the clip members I8 is fastened by means of pin 24 onto tube I3 and the plug member I4 located in said tube, the pin fitting snugly in holes 24A and 24B of the clip and plug respectively and the ends riveted if desired. The other clip member II (Fig. 3) is then put into position and the split spring 23 threaded through holes 20 and the ends of said spring engaged in depressions 2| on each of the clip members. The spring 23 thus serves to hold the clip members I'I and I8 with their garment holding ends yeldably together. The

3 spring also serves to hold the clip member I'I in position on the tubes I3.

In assembling the slidable tubes I3 on central member I0, springs 25 are placed internally of each tube and the tubes I3 fitted onto opposite ends of the central member I0. Slots 26 (Fig. 1, 4) previously were cut or formed in central member II] and after the tubes I3 are in place, a suitable tool may be used to form indentations 21 in tube walls I3. hold and limit the motion of tube I3 relative to the central member I0.

The tubes and clips are in their normally extended position in Fig. l and the dot anddash.

Said indentations will serve toY prising a pair of gripping members having a shaped-.portion for engagement with its tube and a` sprin'glholding said gripping members in enf gagmntitherewith, and springs urging each of ment thereon, tubes I3 may bel pushed ,towardl Y each other and the clips opened and slippedinto or onto the garment. pressure on the tubes, springs 25 will tend to extend the edge ofthe fabricgrippedbythe clips so that the garment is held in a stretched condition on the hanger. Whentrousers areto be held bythe hanger, itispreerable to slip the'` end of each of the clip members into one end of each trouser leg, although, of course, it is apparent that any desirable., method ofA using the 'clips and thehanger may be employed. AIn an alternative construction, the clp'members can be mounted on a centralv tube or rod'ZB (Fig. 6) in such a manner that theclipscan be slid inwardly and voui'lwfildly relative LtoA each other thereon. Inthis construction, the two clip members can beheld Vtogether on the rod and then the, spring A23 threadedthrough the holes` of the .c lip membersv and the ends of the springs inserted into the struckg-in depressions.

2I of the clipmembers. An improved garment holding clip construction is provided thereby wherein theparts can be easily made andassembled with facility onto the garment hanger rod. 'I'he clips will be yieldably held on saidl rodand willremain in any desired adjustedposition.

If the parts are madeofa material such as aluminum, any type lof suitable 4iinish maybe placed thereon, such as, for example, Vthewellknown anodized, coloredandsealed inish now employed on aluminum surfaces. Other mane ners ofiinish may be used orthe parts may be left bare.

Certain details ofconstruction have vbeenillus.- trated ,and described but it is to vbe understood that variations may be made therefrom without departing from the. spirit ofthe invention except as defined in the appended claims. K

Upon release otinward said-,tubes outwardlyrelative to each other so that a garment grasped by said clips will be stretched andheld thereby.

2. A garment hanger vhaving Ya solid central membel?, alt-hooi;V attached-to saidy central member, hollow slidably .mounted e tubes reciprocably Vcarried adjacent the endsfof' saidcentral member, al garment holdingclip mounted adjacent the ends of'each o f said` tubes, eachv clip comprising a pair Ofjthin shaped v,metalclip members formed with shaped semi-circular vportions between'the ends of each'member deninga circular aperture to t ovenits tube, said clipmembers havingaper-i tures formedtherein on one -side of said tube and spring endreceiving indentations on the opposite side of .said tubettingrpo'rtions, a narrow split spring threadedthrough saidapertures with ends heldin said indentations encircling said tube to yieldably hold` said clip members in garment holding position, plug means at the outer endV of each tube,.springmeanslocatedrin the hollow portion o f said tubes between said plug means and the central member urging said tubes out'- wardly, and means limiting the outward movement .of saidtubes.`

VICTOR H. PncHTEL.

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